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Hello and welcome to another
Thursday Night Live. We're so
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glad you've joined us
this evening. You know we look
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forward to spending these two
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hours with you each week.
Why? Because you're part of our
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family. I tell you, what a
blessing to be joining you maybe
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in your living, or maybe you're
watching on your cell phone.
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Hopefully not driving in the car
right? Get pulled over or listen
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on the radio. What a blessing
to be alive at this moment in
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earth's history, right? There's
so much going on in the world
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but we don't have anything to
worry about, right? Because we
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stand on the word of God. I just
want to say thank you for your
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prayers and financial support
of this ministry, your ministry,
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the ministry of 3ABN as there's
so much going on in the world,
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as I just mentioned, 3ABN is
broadcasting to the entire world
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and even now there are people
that are tuning into 3ABN and
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finding truth. So thank you
so much for your support of the
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ministry. In tonight's program,
I am so excited. I know you are
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too. We've been looking
forward to this, haven't we?
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We have indeed. You know
sometimes on the Thursday Night
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Live we feature Bible topics,
sure, sometimes we feature
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ministries. Tonight we're
featuring an incredible couple
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who are leaders in the Seventh-
day Adventist Church. Elder Ted
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Wilson is the president of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church and
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his wife Nancy. I've got to look
up your title here because it's
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kind of official. You are the
protocol specialist and we'll
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get in just a moment and figure
out what you do. We are 3ABN,
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we're so grateful for your
leadership in the church, for
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the partnership and the support
that you show to supporting
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ministries like 3ABN and it is
an incredible privilege for us
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to have you here tonight. Amen.
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Thank you so much. It's just
a great privilege to be with all
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of you. And we're looking
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forward to talking about what
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God is doing in the church and I
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think it's just amazing because
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we are coming to the end of time
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and we praise God for the
opportunity of serving Him.
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And as we come around the table,
family, Mr. Danny Shelton and
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Dr. Yvonne Shelton. Always
glad to be here with you and so
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grateful for you both and what
you bring to the ministry here.
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Oh we're blessed and we're
blessed to be here and we're
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blessed to be here and thank you
so much for coming here. I told
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him a little earlier I thought
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it was interesting. We have some
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Catholic friends and last night
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we went out to eat with them and
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they said Oh we bet you're so
excited that your Adventist pope
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is going to be here in town.
And I said We don't call him the
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pope and you know he's human
like the rest of us. But you
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know he's a great leader and
we're so glad that Elder Wilson
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is here, and Nancy, that you
both are here. And so thank you
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for the support. And it's been
a great working relationship you
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know with 3ABN and with you all
and it's a privilege for us to
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be here in these closing moments
as you said, of earth's history.
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And, I want to say this: God
is in charge of what happens but
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sometimes He gives us choices
and He's a good God so we can
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choose where we want to go and
I'm thankful that as a church
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that we chose some years
ago Elder Ted Wilson to be our
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leader because, Elder Wilson,
I'll say it to you and I've said
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it publicly and to our viewers
around the world, God has you
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here exactly for the moment
and the time in history that He
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needs you there and in my humble
opinion the reason both of you
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are there is because you
are straight down the line.
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You're not going to
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the left, you're not to the
right. You bring balance to the
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Adventist Church and a day
and age in the 21st century no
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matter what church you are or
what group you are you're going
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have people when you have
25 million or whatever people
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you're going to have some people
going way over here and you're
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going to have some people over
here. (Very true) But you all
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represent such balance and I
have no idea where we would be
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as a church with all the things
that are coming in from the
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world without you being so solid
and being firm. So I want to say
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thank you so much for both
of you for what you do for the
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cause of God, how you stick to
the Bible, how you stick to, I
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don't want to say Adventist
principles, they're Bible
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principles that we just espouse
as Seventh-day Adventists. But
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you keep us there, so thank you
and it's my hope and prayer that
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God will continue to allow you
to lead us as we need a leader
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for these last moments of
earth's history and we're happy
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to follow.
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Well we just praise God and give
Him all the glory and we lean
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a lot on Him. What else can we
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do? And when you lean on Him and
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on His word and on our precious
messages of instruction in the
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Spirit of Prophecy, how can you
go wrong? You just learn to lean
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on the Lord. So thank you for
your encouraging words. We just
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praise God.
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Well we want to encourage
our viewers to pray for you and
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Nancy. Because we can
only imagine, those of us here
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that's been in
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leadership in our, we'll
say little ministry, compared to
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worldwide ministry and
sometimes the pressure that's
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on now mostly on their shoulders
not as much on ours, but...
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We have big shoes to fill.
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But you know for you from around
the world, and so we're praying
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physical, spiritually, mentally
for you, all, and we want our
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viewers to do that and before we
close this program today it'd be
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nice to have formal prayer with
you all because right now if
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anybody needs this, you
know, that I believe because the
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enemy wants to see those on the
front line, he wants to see you
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you out of the way or if he
can't get you by flattery he'll
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try to get you to go one way or
the other by flattery and if he
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doesn't get you by flattery...
And you'll know I'm talking from
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experience... If he doesn't get
you by flattery then he's going
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to start getting ugly and then
he's going to start slander and
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it's going to go and so you
have to be in the mindset which
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you've been, is you know what,
we're just going to trust the
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Lord, I'm not going to worry,
please this side, I'm not going
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to please this group. I'm
just going to do what the Lord's
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called us to do and that's to
get the undiluted three angels
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messages into all the world and
so we have sent God's anointing
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on both of your lives. And so we
want to ask our viewers to pray
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also, every day, put
you guys on the prayer list.
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Amen, thank you.
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The best gift
ever, those prayers.
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Prayer is powerful.
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It is. Absolutely. It is.
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You know appreciate your belief
in the word of God, you know,
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and your stance on the word
of God, because in it is truth
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And I think back to when
you were first elected as the
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General Conference President
of Seventh-day Adventists, I
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believe it was in 2010. And
you came right across, 3ABN had
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a little set close to the
GC session that was going on,
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you came across I
think the little road there
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and we had a set up on the
hill there...You know, your
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support as Jill mentioned, Mr.
Danny's mentioned, all of us,
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supporting ministries of
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
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has meant so much because
we're in this thing together, to
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spread the gospel to a lost
and dying world. So thank you so
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much. Thank you also for your
interest in people. You know
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your genuineness just comes
through. We have a little clip
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we want to just play right
now. It has no audio, but just
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earlier today you and your dear
wife took some time out of your
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busy schedule to meet with the
staff here at 3ABN and you gave
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some words of encouragement and
prayed for the ministry of 3ABN.
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But, again, thank you for your
interest in people and your care
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for others. Anyway what a
blessing. Yeah, what a blessing
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to have you all here and I
know the employees are also...
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You know it's encouraging
to have leadership being there.
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What an incredible blessing.
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I was going to say there
are some church leaders, I'm not
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talking about our church
specifically, but there are some
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church leaders that seem so
unapproachable. You know, you
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just can't talk to them. They
don't...There's this wall around
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them. But we know that Jesus
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didn't operate like that and we
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see that you are welcoming and
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kind and approachable and so we
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really appreciate that because
that's how the Lord Jesus would
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be. So we just appreciate, you
know, your accessibility and the
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way you carry yourselves,
both of you. We love you.
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Tonight we're going to talk
about what God is doing in this
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great church that we're
part of. We're going to go
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to the Philippines and talk
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about Total Member Involvement,
the upcoming General Conference
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session and how COVID has
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impacted this church and how
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evangelism and the three angels
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messages is still going forward
so we have a full program
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tonight. But before we jump
into that, let's find out just a
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little bit about you as people.
Tell us about your children,
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grandchildren and your family.
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Well we have three daughters and
now we have three sons. We have,
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I still want to say we have 11
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grandchildren, but one is
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sleeping until Jesus comes.
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Hmm. Wow, what a loss.
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And, it was, it was, but we have
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so much hope and we will see him
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soon. But we have five grandsons
and five granddaughters and
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thankfully they love the Lord.
They are precious and we are
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very, very thankful for such
a strong supportive family. They
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just live too far away.
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Where do they all live,
what states do they live in?
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Our youngest daughter lives,
and her family, in Spokane,
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Washington. Our middle daughter
is in North Carolina, western
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North Carolina and our eldest
daughter lives in Michigan. He
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works at the conference office
there. He's a pastor, but now...
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Center of the country.
Indistinct chatter and laughter.
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At least they're
on the same continent.
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You know we try to plan, we
try to plan, to get together at
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least two times a year.
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All of us together.
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And it's quite a crowd when
we get together. Eighteen of us.
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There were 19 of us and little
James is sleeping till the Lord
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comes, but 18 of us and let me
tell you, it is quite an event.
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Because these 10 grandchildren,
they are so creative, so
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energized. I mean, and we live
kind of in a country setting and
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lots of woods and all that kind
of thing (and the river). And
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these little ones well they're
getting bigger now. And they are
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very active and they want to
borrow my tools and what have
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you and they go out in the woods
They recently created a whole
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village. I mean, little houses
and gardens and pathways and
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just an amazing ingenuity that
they have. So whenever they're
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together it's
never a dull moment.
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I call it
chaotic bliss. (Laughter)
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That's a mother
and a grandmother.
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Yes, yes.
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We praise God that our three
precious daughters are so close
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to the Lord. All the families
of course. Our sons-in-law and
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they are part of the Seventh-
day Adventist Church and we
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praise God. That's one of the
greatest gifts that God can give
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and we stay close to them and
you know we contact them, talk
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with them, pray with
them, encourage them and they
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encourage us. So families
are so important. During this
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pandemic that has really been a
challenge and we'll get into the
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pandemic here in a little bit
and all what God is doing but
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it's so important to stay
connected and to encourage each
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other. But anyway.
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Before we get into the outline
and the music for this evening
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there may be someone that's
watching tonight saying the
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Seventh-day Adventist Church,
the GC President; what does that
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mean, what do you do? How many
members actually are there in
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the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Maybe just give us a real quick
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synopsis.
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church
is a protestant church. It is a
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a church that came out of the
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Millerite movement in the early
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19th century. We believe that it
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follows the beautiful principle
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of Revelation 12 and verse 17.
And the dragon was enraged with
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the woman and he went to
make war with the rest, or the
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remnant, of her offspring who,
and here are the characteristics
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that are so important. Those
who keep the commandments of God
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all 10 of them, not through
our own power but by complete
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connection with heaven and
leaning on Him and 2) have the
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testimony of Jesus Christ. So
these beautiful characteristics
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we think identify God's last
day church and the Seventh-day
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Adventist church, the name
implies we know where we're from
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Creation, God created us,
created the seventh-day Sabbath
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as a memorial and Adventist, we
know where we're going by God's
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grace. Jesus is coming, the
advent, the second advent. He
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came once. This is the second
advent, the second coming. So we
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have about almost 22 million
members around the world in over
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200 countries. Many languages
that our literature is printed
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in and even more, now that are
being developed. We have many
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hospitals and clinics. We have
many educational institutions.
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In fact, the Seventh-day
Adventist Church runs the
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largest protestant educational
system worldwide. We praise God
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for that. You know, it's just
His blessing. And so many other
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aspects of God's work. But you
know what do I do. Well, I try
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to assist wherever I can. Let me
put it that way. But we have a
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structure, a beautiful structure
that God has given, you know.
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Jethro, the father-in-law of
Moses gave great counsel about
00:16:06.86\00:16:09.73
how to operate all these masses
of people, the children of
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Israel. You know, have captains
over this many and this many and
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this many and that's kind of the
way the church functions. So we
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have a world church that has
a general conference with those
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who are working to help
drive mission. That's our whole
00:16:27.82\00:16:32.95
purpose. It's not bureaucracy,
it's not just some kind of you
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know administrative function.
It's focused on mission and upon
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what God has entrusted to us
to proclaim those three angels'
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messages which we'll get into
further in the program. And so
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everything we do has this focus
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on mission. We have department
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directors who are helping people
all over the world with various
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things to help them in ministry.
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Then, of course, we
have divisions of the General
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Conference. We have 13
world divisions and we have two
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attached unions. We also
have an attached field but these
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different entities-underneath
divisions we have unions,
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numbers of conferences
underneath them and then local
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churches and church members.
Now somebody might say oh that's
00:17:28.44\00:17:32.11
just so top-heavy but you know
what it really works. And it's
00:17:32.15\00:17:38.32
interesting, the places that
are growing the most are finding
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they need to keep dividing these
administrative units because the
00:17:44.16\00:17:48.10
people are so active and they
need so much help and support
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that when they divide and
they create additional units the
00:17:51.33\00:17:55.47
church keeps growing. That's
in the areas where the church is
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really growing. We have other
places where the church is not
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growing as rapidly, too much
money, too much sophistication
00:18:00.71\00:18:06.11
too much of a nature of culture
that comes into the church as
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opposed to allowing God to
really lead the church. But the
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exciting thing is that
everywhere the latter rain is
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going to fall. And everywhere
we're going to see truehearted
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people grab hold of God's
precious truth and we're going
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see this message go like wild
fire. Whether it's in secular
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areas of the world that are so
resistant or in places that seem
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to be so open. The latter rain
of the Holy Spirit's going to
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fall and we're going to be
amazed. We're just going to give
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God the glory. But anyway
I help to coordinate a lot of
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activities administratively and
chair different meetings, take a
00:18:54.36\00:19:00.24
lot of time which Nancy says you
know she kind of gets tired of
00:19:00.27\00:19:02.07
all these meetings. Especially
during the pandemic. So much has
00:19:02.10\00:19:07.01
been on Zoom and so I've kind
of set up shop at our dining
00:19:07.04\00:19:11.31
room table. Nancy has to kind of
be quiet in the kitchen because
00:19:11.35\00:19:16.58
our kitchen's very close to that
You know, can I do something now
00:19:16.62\00:19:20.22
you know she's kind of... do
you have it on mute, you know
00:19:20.26\00:19:23.02
Or if I turn the tap
on or I'm banging, his
00:19:23.06\00:19:30.10
administrative
assistant sometimes will text,
00:19:30.13\00:19:32.63
Nancy we hear
you. So now that it's
00:19:32.67\00:19:40.98
spring and summer will come when
he's on Zoom I can send him out
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to the porch.
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That way you
still have your kitchen.
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Then I can make
noise in the house.
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But before the pandemic we did
lots of traveling, international
00:19:49.55\00:19:55.62
traveling. And that's probably
one of the biggest parts of my
00:19:55.66\00:19:59.96
work and Nancy's work is to
help our church members feel as
00:20:00.00\00:20:04.50
though they're one huge big
family. Greg, you talk to the
00:20:04.53\00:20:10.11
group you know who's watching
your family. And that's who we
00:20:10.14\00:20:13.68
are. We're brothers and
sisters in Jesus Christ.
00:20:13.71\00:20:16.61
I was just going to say, we're
united in the Lord and that is
00:20:16.64\00:20:22.22
what unites us. Because he's a
00:20:22.25\00:20:26.29
very personal God and we're
His children. We're his sons and
00:20:26.32\00:20:32.43
daughters. Yeah.
00:20:32.46\00:20:34.26
We talked about what Elder
Wilson does. What do you do?
00:20:34.30\00:20:39.27
What is a protocol specialist?
We referenced that at the very
00:20:39.30\00:20:42.34
beginning. But
what does that mean?
00:20:42.37\00:20:43.71
She keeps me
straight and on track.
00:20:43.74\00:20:45.07
Well that is a part of what I do
and we have people come to the
00:20:45.11\00:20:55.98
General Conference from all
around the world. And I'm an
00:20:56.02\00:21:00.66
American and it was traumatic
for me to go to work there, to
00:21:00.69\00:21:06.53
be a part of that because it
is so big and it's not like when
00:21:06.56\00:21:12.40
you're pastoring and you're you
know working with a church and
00:21:12.43\00:21:17.01
we need to make people feel
welcome because it's really hard
00:21:17.04\00:21:21.88
when you come from a different
culture. You may not know the
00:21:21.91\00:21:25.08
language well. You know, the
customs where do I, where do I
00:21:25.11\00:21:30.72
take my dry cleaning, where do I
find this where do I you know...
00:21:30.75\00:21:35.42
Get a driver's license?
00:21:35.46\00:21:37.76
Well yeah. And I don't do as
much of that as the gal who's
00:21:37.79\00:21:42.43
really in charge of that but I'm
more into the hospitality and so
00:21:42.46\00:21:48.14
as often as we can, we had
our first dinner this past week.
00:21:48.17\00:21:53.58
Because of COVID, we couldn't
get together. They're ladies
00:21:53.61\00:22:01.52
whose husbands are traveling and
working at the GC and some of
00:22:01.55\00:22:02.92
them work themselves at the GC.
But I have them for dinner and
00:22:02.95\00:22:07.62
we sit around and we eat
together. Sometimes, if we
00:22:07.66\00:22:14.76
have time we sing hymns, we pray
together, but the women, some of
00:22:14.80\00:22:21.30
them are at home with some
children. It gives them an out
00:22:21.34\00:22:25.24
and to get to know each other.
Last week I told Ted, I mean we
00:22:25.27\00:22:30.68
hadn't done this in over two
years...The chatter! And they
00:22:30.71\00:22:39.82
feel, you know, they begin to
you know come together and feel
00:22:39.85\00:22:42.89
more and more like this is home
and I'm comfortable here. It's
00:22:42.92\00:22:46.70
really fun to see them you
know...It's very traumatizing
00:22:46.73\00:22:52.73
at first, but then they are more
and more comfortable and we just
00:22:52.77\00:22:56.47
want them to feel like a family
and to feel comfortable. So I do
00:22:56.50\00:23:03.88
that and we just... You know, I
know where the markets are where
00:23:03.91\00:23:06.88
you can get fresh vegetables so
I like to...You do things on a
00:23:06.92\00:23:11.45
practical level. But one
thing that I do when we travel
00:23:11.49\00:23:16.96
together, they'll ask me
to speak to the women. It's
00:23:16.99\00:23:21.36
interesting because I think
00:23:21.40\00:23:22.73
we pick things up that sometimes
our husbands don't because the
00:23:24.90\00:23:29.50
women will talk to me and it
helps Ted get a fuller view of
00:23:29.54\00:23:37.25
what's really going on I think
in the church. So sometimes I'll
00:23:37.28\00:23:47.32
talk about children and the home
And this was all very new to me
00:23:47.36\00:23:51.09
because I'm a physical therapist
and I never...well I was Sabbath
00:23:51.13\00:23:54.86
School Superintendent but I
didn't do public speaking. But I
00:23:54.90\00:23:58.37
just have to share from my own
personal experience and my own
00:23:58.40\00:24:06.07
walk with the Lord and how it
has affected my mothering and my
00:24:06.11\00:24:09.41
home and my supporting of Ted.
You know because two are better
00:24:09.44\00:24:17.42
than one when we work together
as a team. I think it makes a
00:24:17.45\00:24:23.02
huge difference. And I wish
that everyone could work with
00:24:23.06\00:24:27.70
their husbands you know whether
they're in a church or whether
00:24:27.73\00:24:31.67
they're traveling or in
leadership you know doing
00:24:31.70\00:24:38.14
administration. I think I wish
they all could work together
00:24:38.17\00:24:42.48
Indistinct conversation.
00:24:42.51\00:24:46.31
Nancy helps me with evangelistic
meetings and we try to hold an
00:24:46.35\00:24:50.42
evangelistic meeting every year.
In fact, she's held two on her
00:24:50.45\00:24:55.06
own. Indistinct chatter.
00:24:55.09\00:24:58.56
God has really blessed her.
00:24:58.59\00:24:59.93
I was more blessed than
they were. It was a thrilling,
00:24:59.96\00:25:02.83
thrilling experience for me.
00:25:02.86\00:25:06.40
When we work together which we
will do in just a few weeks in
00:25:06.43\00:25:09.90
Indianapolis. We're going to be
holding evangelistic meetings.
00:25:09.94\00:25:13.64
She's going to be doing a number
of the health talks and then I
00:25:13.68\00:25:17.85
preach the Bible message. You
know, it's a great blessing to
00:25:17.88\00:25:23.49
be able to work
together like that. So.
00:25:23.52\00:25:26.05
Indistinct conversation.
That's the way God ordained it.
00:25:26.09\00:25:28.26
So many exciting things we're
talking about, so many updates
00:25:28.29\00:25:32.93
happening in the Adventist
church. All about evangelism,
00:25:32.96\00:25:35.86
mission as Elder Wilson
mentioned. We're getting ready
00:25:35.90\00:25:38.27
to go to some music and Mr.
Danny, I'm going to have you set
00:25:38.30\00:25:40.34
this up. But it comes from a
wonderful project, the Give Him
00:25:40.37\00:25:42.90
Glory project and the title of
the song is Lord I Worship You.
00:25:42.94\00:25:48.58
What I great song. It think it
was a Lanny Wolfe song but just
00:25:48.61\00:25:53.98
an incredible song. That's
really what it's all about in
00:25:54.02\00:25:57.09
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Fear God and give glory to Him
00:25:57.12\00:26:00.66
for the hour of His judgment is
come. So it's not about people
00:26:00.69\00:26:04.23
say well do I do this or I
can't do this or whatever and
00:26:04.26\00:26:09.13
Adventists, well why do you...
Is this legalism? No, it's all
00:26:09.16\00:26:13.27
about worship. So when we
understand who we are and we
00:26:13.30\00:26:16.91
understand who God is, we say
you know what, there's no hope
00:26:16.94\00:26:20.71
for this world except through
the Lord Jesus Christ and so we
00:26:20.74\00:26:24.35
fear God and give glory to Him
for the hour of His judgment is
00:26:24.38\00:26:28.58
come. So we did this project and
so this is one of the songs and
00:26:28.62\00:26:32.39
I think my daughter Melody
is singing the lead part on it.
00:26:32.42\00:26:35.82
And they did a great job.
Let's go to that music right now
00:26:35.86\00:26:38.06
Amen, Wow! Thank you, Melody.
What a powerful song. As you
00:31:16.64\00:31:20.38
mentioned, Mr. Danny, wow Lord
I worship you. Of course what a
00:31:20.41\00:31:23.75
talent your daughter has too.
I mean. Praise the Lord that
00:31:23.78\00:31:26.11
she's still using that talent
for the Lord. What a blessing
00:31:26.15\00:31:28.65
she is here of course to
the ministry of 3ABN. Always a
00:31:28.68\00:31:32.25
blessing.
00:31:32.29\00:31:34.06
Amen. Now we're jumping into the
meat of the message you could
00:31:34.09\00:31:37.09
say, which is really talking
00:31:37.13\00:31:39.26
about what God is doing in and
00:31:39.29\00:31:41.90
through the Seventh-day
00:31:41.93\00:31:44.27
Church. And we have, of course,
00:31:44.30\00:31:45.63
Elder Ted Wilson who's the
00:31:45.67\00:31:48.44
president of the General
Conference of Seventh-day
00:31:48.47\00:31:50.61
Adventists along with his
beautiful wife Nancy. So let's
00:31:50.64\00:31:54.11
go to the Philippines first.
Tell us what happened the end of
00:31:54.14\00:31:57.81
last year in the Philippines.
00:31:57.85\00:31:59.68
Well before I do that Jill
and Greg and Yvonne and Danny, I
00:31:59.71\00:32:06.25
just want to express our deep
00:32:06.29\00:32:10.33
appreciation again for what 3ABN
00:32:10.36\00:32:12.99
is doing for the worldwide
00:32:13.03\00:32:16.06
mission of the church. And your
constant effort to lift up the
00:32:16.10\00:32:23.17
word of God and to point people
to last day events and the
00:32:23.20\00:32:29.38
prophetic understanding of
God's word is phenomenal and we
00:32:29.41\00:32:34.75
appreciate so much that you
are working in tandem, you're
00:32:34.78\00:32:38.89
working as colleagues with the
rest of the church. With Hope
00:32:38.92\00:32:43.36
Channel, with other outreach
activities, AWR - Adventist
00:32:43.39\00:32:48.20
World Radio, and many others.
And that ASI, which is such a
00:32:48.23\00:32:54.04
wonderful organization is
something which you very much
00:32:54.07\00:32:57.47
support and are part of. And we
do support supporting ministries
00:32:57.51\00:33:02.78
Because supporting ministries
support the church and its
00:33:02.81\00:33:06.05
mission. So I just wanted to
be sure to underline that, that
00:33:06.08\00:33:09.78
wonderful aspect. (Thank you)
And thank you for having us here
00:33:09.82\00:33:12.75
It seems impossible, it's been
like two years since we've been
00:33:12.79\00:33:16.36
together. But the pandemic came
in and that was you know a real
00:33:16.39\00:33:20.90
challenge and we're going
to talk about that for a moment
00:33:20.93\00:33:23.90
here and what God is doing even
during the pandemic. But you
00:33:23.93\00:33:28.30
know we were talking about, you
were asking me what do I do as
00:33:28.34\00:33:31.77
the president of this
organization and everything else
00:33:31.81\00:33:34.28
Well one of my jobs, I just want
to tell you is to help Nancy
00:33:34.31\00:33:37.71
when we have those dinners
and those people come, I am the
00:33:37.75\00:33:42.82
butler. I have a white shirt
you know and a little black tie
00:33:42.85\00:33:48.12
Close your ears, Yvonne.
00:33:48.16\00:33:49.49
I'm just thinking Mr. Danny
you know we might be taking on a
00:33:49.52\00:33:52.59
new responsibility.
00:33:52.63\00:33:53.96
And I go around and pour the
water and take the dishes away
00:33:54.00\00:33:57.20
or clean them up and it's just
fun the work together and you
00:33:57.23\00:34:01.64
know because you need to
do everything you can to make
00:34:01.67\00:34:05.97
people feel comfortable.
00:34:06.01\00:34:07.34
So Mrs. Wilson, how
does he do? Does he do okay?
00:34:07.38\00:34:10.38
He does really well. In fact
sometimes, this last time we
00:34:10.41\00:34:16.82
women were at the table and
we were just talking, talking,
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.89
and talking, talking and I heard
00:34:18.92\00:34:21.19
all these dishes being washed
00:34:21.22\00:34:23.09
in the kitchen and filled the
00:34:23.12\00:34:26.33
you know the dishwasher and
00:34:26.36\00:34:27.96
everything was
clean when... But it's...
00:34:28.00\00:34:32.43
Well, Mr. Danny, we'll have
to talk more often. (Laughter)
00:34:32.47\00:34:36.30
But you know I think one good
thing that comes out is we need
00:34:36.34\00:34:41.74
to remember that Christ's
example was servant leadership.
00:34:41.78\00:34:47.45
Exactly. And cultures see
leadership differently and I
00:34:47.48\00:34:51.99
think it's important to
demonstrate that position
00:34:52.02\00:34:57.06
doesn't make a person more
important or better. It's just
00:34:57.09\00:35:00.70
that God can use them there and
God needs people everywhere and
00:35:00.73\00:35:05.13
so we're all equal but we need
to be servants and demonstrate
00:35:05.17\00:35:11.37
what that means. So I
have a maid whenever I do this.
00:35:11.41\00:35:17.85
(Laughter) I think it just helps
people feel more comfortable,
00:35:17.88\00:35:20.18
helps us feel like a family
because so many people today are
00:35:20.22\00:35:25.85
disconnected, they're afraid,
they have no hope and this
00:35:25.89\00:35:30.96
pandemic has accelerated that.
So that's why 3ABN and other
00:35:30.99\00:35:38.03
aspects of reaching out are so
important during this period of
00:35:38.07\00:35:42.20
time. And you know the Bible
text in 2 Timothy chapter 1 and
00:35:42.24\00:35:48.01
verse 7 is so important for us
today because it says here, and
00:35:48.04\00:35:53.08
Paul was talking to Timothy
trying to help him understand
00:35:53.11\00:35:55.75
For God has not given us a
spirit of fear, and today with
00:35:55.78\00:36:03.22
the pandemic, with the tragic
situation that's happening in
00:36:03.26\00:36:06.86
Ukraine, and we'll chat about
that too before the program is
00:36:06.90\00:36:11.57
over, with so much chaotic
activity around and natural
00:36:11.60\00:36:17.57
disasters and everything, people
might say well you know that's
00:36:17.61\00:36:19.84
just normal, it just happens and
all. No. Things are happening
00:36:19.87\00:36:25.31
because we're coming to the
very end of time. But God hasn't
00:36:25.35\00:36:29.92
given us the spirit of fear, but
what has He given to us? He's
00:36:29.95\00:36:36.32
given us the spirit of power and
of love and of a sound mind. I
00:36:36.36\00:36:42.93
mean these are elements of
victory in Christ and so He's
00:36:42.96\00:36:50.27
provided that for us. So the
pandemic came. In fact, one of
00:36:50.31\00:36:54.08
the last trips that we even
made before the pandemic really
00:36:54.11\00:36:59.15
blossomed was here to 3ABN.
And then everything kind of went
00:36:59.18\00:37:03.18
blank you know. We've learned
a lot from Zoom you know and the
00:37:03.22\00:37:10.09
electronic activity. We hold
committees on that now and we're
00:37:10.13\00:37:13.03
going to save a lot of money in
the future because of that. We
00:37:13.06\00:37:16.67
don't have to go everywhere, we
don't have to do everything to
00:37:16.70\00:37:19.77
spend money. We can do things in
an appropriate way and put the
00:37:19.80\00:37:24.01
money into mission. But I want
to tell you something. During
00:37:24.04\00:37:29.41
this pandemic God has shown in
such a dramatic way that nothing
00:37:29.44\00:37:35.75
doesn't matter what it
is, pandemic or anything else,
00:37:35.78\00:37:41.26
nothing can stand in the way
of the power of the gospel, the
00:37:41.29\00:37:46.19
everlasting gospel, and
the three angel's messages of
00:37:46.23\00:37:50.83
Revelation 14. Nancy and I
finally ventured out in October
00:37:50.87\00:37:57.24
of this last year. We went to a
special meeting of our Euro-Asia
00:37:57.27\00:38:03.21
Division which was held in a
particular country and then from
00:38:03.24\00:38:07.25
that country we went to the
Philippines. We were headed to
00:38:07.28\00:38:12.19
the Philippines to also be part
of their year-end meeting for
00:38:12.22\00:38:15.66
Southern Asia-Pacific Division
as we call it, but also to
00:38:15.69\00:38:20.73
participate in evangelistic
meetings called Earth's Final
00:38:20.76\00:38:27.77
Countdown that was organized
and sponsored by Adventist World
00:38:27.80\00:38:33.01
Radio in conjunction with Hope
Channel and it was done, well
00:38:33.04\00:38:40.28
this evangelistic meeting
was done all throughout the
00:38:40.32\00:38:44.55
Philippines. We have three
unions and many conferences and
00:38:44.59\00:38:47.56
missions in the Philippines. And
so we participated in that, but
00:38:47.59\00:38:53.33
I want to focus on what happened
on an island called Mindoro.
00:38:53.36\00:38:57.37
Because this is an amazing story
and I'll try not to chew up too
00:38:57.40\00:39:00.67
much of the time here because
it goes fast. Because this
00:39:00.70\00:39:04.91
shows us that God hasn't given
us the spirit of fear but He's
00:39:04.94\00:39:09.84
given us power and love and
a sound mind. Adventist World
00:39:09.88\00:39:16.08
Radio, AWR, was broadcasting
messages on the island of
00:39:16.12\00:39:21.29
Mindoro and really they weren't
too successful didn't seem to
00:39:21.32\00:39:26.23
be getting a lot of responses
and then the local director of
00:39:26.26\00:39:33.00
that programming
decided...Robert Dulai his name
00:39:33.03\00:39:38.47
is...He decided we're going to
do something innovative. We're
00:39:38.51\00:39:41.54
going to ask the question of
the day, and then ask people to
00:39:41.58\00:39:47.02
respond. If they respond
correctly, we'll give them a
00:39:47.05\00:39:50.19
special prize, you know, a book
or whatever it is. It was
absolutely phenomenal.
00:39:50.22\00:39:55.89
The place just lit up. All
kinds of interaction and people
00:39:55.92\00:40:01.63
wanting, you know, to give you
the right answer and all this.
00:40:01.66\00:40:05.47
And little did they know
during all of this rebels in the
00:40:05.50\00:40:11.97
mountains of Mindoro who had
been fighting the government for
00:40:12.01\00:40:17.75
52 years, communist-inspired
rebels who generation after
00:40:17.78\00:40:24.59
generation,
fighting and fighting.
00:40:24.62\00:40:27.69
Over 40,000 people were
killed during that time.
00:40:27.72\00:40:31.06
Exactly. And horrible things,
horrible things that happened.
00:40:31.09\00:40:35.40
These rebels in the mountains
were listening to Adventist
00:40:35.43\00:40:41.34
World Radio. They became
convicted because that's exactly
00:40:41.37\00:40:47.14
what the Bible says, God
gives us this heavenly power and
00:40:47.18\00:40:51.95
heavenly love and a heavenly
sound mind. And their hearts
00:40:51.98\00:40:55.55
were melted. They contacted
Robert Dulai the coordinator and
00:40:55.58\00:41:00.96
they wanted him to come up
and talk with them. But he was a
00:41:00.99\00:41:04.79
little afraid you know but he
went and then they began to talk
00:41:04.83\00:41:08.66
they began to study the word of
God. It was explaining the truth
00:41:08.70\00:41:12.40
the Bible truth to them and the
love of Jesus and that hope for
00:41:12.43\00:41:16.77
a converted heart (and
forgiveness) and forgiveness
00:41:16.81\00:41:20.71
And these people, and Nancy
knows the story well too, you
00:41:20.74\00:41:24.85
chip in whenever you need to
Nance. But the bottom line was
00:41:24.88\00:41:30.32
that these rebels decided to
surrender, surrender to Jesus
00:41:30.35\00:41:39.96
and to surrender to the
Philippino government. And so
00:41:40.00\00:41:44.33
Robert Dulai then had to be
the go-between worked with the
00:41:44.37\00:41:49.77
government and all of this.
The government was so overjoyed.
00:41:49.80\00:41:55.58
They had tried bribery, they
had tried force, they had tried
00:41:55.61\00:41:59.11
everything...
00:41:59.15\00:42:00.48
And even offered them land
if they would stop the fighting.
00:42:00.52\00:42:02.82
Nothing worked except the
powerful word of God. And so
00:42:02.85\00:42:08.22
these hearts were melted and
the rebels came, turned in their
00:42:08.26\00:42:13.96
weapons. The government gave
them amnesty, which was unheard
00:42:14.00\00:42:20.50
of...these were assassins...and
they gave them amnesty and they
00:42:20.54\00:42:28.11
even had a special ceremony
to provide them with papers and
00:42:28.14\00:42:31.58
whatnot to show this. And
they were so converted that when
00:42:31.61\00:42:38.09
Nancy and I arrived they were
being prepared for baptism. And
00:42:38.12\00:42:43.39
we held evangelistic meetings
out in kind of semi jungle area.
00:42:43.43\00:42:48.56
And they had set up a nice set
there with you know screen and
00:42:48.60\00:42:53.70
everything for our presentations
but this was kind of basic
00:42:53.74\00:42:56.60
jungle setting in a way. And
so here were all these plastic
00:42:56.64\00:43:01.31
white chairs out there and
this was the first night we were
00:43:01.34\00:43:04.58
going to speak. And so I'm
preaching away and then the rain
00:43:04.61\00:43:10.09
came (Oh) lightly at first,
because this was outdoors.
00:43:10.12\00:43:14.32
It actually started I think
towards the end of my...I had
00:43:14.36\00:43:17.66
the health talks first and it
started sprinkling and I thought
00:43:17.69\00:43:23.83
oh no, no, we've just started.
But one thing, I just have to
00:43:23.87\00:43:32.11
say this, one thing that I was
so impressed because impressed
00:43:32.14\00:43:37.65
me, we had heard about the
assassinations, the mass murders
00:43:37.68\00:43:42.42
the fighting and I looked out
at all of these former rebels is
00:43:42.45\00:43:48.42
what they called
them, FR... they, they...
00:43:48.46\00:43:50.59
In fact, they had a little sign
where it said FR, former rebels,
00:43:50.63\00:43:56.06
this is where you sit.
00:43:56.10\00:43:57.43
And I looked at them and they
were so engaged with what I was
00:43:57.47\00:44:01.77
saying. They were adults but
they looked like naive children,
00:44:01.80\00:44:07.08
they had this purity, this
eagerness to learn and there was
00:44:07.11\00:44:12.71
something almost naive. They
were like, Oh tell me more, you
00:44:12.75\00:44:18.95
know and I thought, talk about
a miracle, because you know when
00:44:18.99\00:44:23.06
you see a hardcore criminal you
can see it in their face. You
00:44:23.09\00:44:26.76
didn't see any of that. They
were just these beautiful people
00:44:26.80\00:44:31.80
just responding. And I thought
this is what the Holy Spirit can
00:44:31.83\00:44:37.77
do. Total transformation.
00:44:37.81\00:44:39.87
How many of them were there?
00:44:39.91\00:44:41.48
There were probably about 500 to
600 or so who were seated there.
00:44:41.51\00:44:50.19
Who were baptized?
00:44:50.22\00:44:51.95
Actually, 700 were baptized
a couple days later. But let me
00:44:51.99\00:44:58.23
back up just a moment. Because
here I am now preaching and I
00:44:58.26\00:45:02.26
was preaching on Daniel 2, I
love to preach that sermon on
00:45:02.30\00:45:06.03
the statue and everything you
know. So here I'm preaching away
00:45:06.07\00:45:09.84
and the rain's coming and these
are hardened former rebels. So
00:45:09.87\00:45:16.18
they're sitting there braving
the rain and then it gets harder
00:45:16.21\00:45:21.72
rain and harder rain and you
start seeing a few people drift
00:45:21.75\00:45:26.79
off and then they're going under
tarps and little things around
00:45:26.82\00:45:30.39
and then more and more people
are disappearing and the die
00:45:30.43\00:45:34.83
hards they got a plastic chair
and put it over their head, you
00:45:34.86\00:45:37.77
know, they're sitting there. And
then pretty soon there were only
00:45:37.80\00:45:42.07
about five or six of them left.
And when you're preaching an
00:45:42.10\00:45:46.88
evangelistic series and your
audience disappears you just
00:45:46.91\00:45:52.25
kind of wonder well what should
I do? So you have to think
00:45:52.28\00:45:55.02
quickly and I said, no, I came
here to preach. I'm just going
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.92
to keep preaching. So I kept
preaching. Preached the whole
00:45:57.95\00:46:01.32
sermon to empty white chairs.
But they were all listening
00:46:01.36\00:46:07.70
underneath these tarps, in
the edges in the jungle area and
00:46:07.73\00:46:12.20
what have you and little places
that had been set up you know
00:46:12.23\00:46:16.71
for our meetings and what have
you. And at the end you know, I
00:46:16.74\00:46:22.68
thought well whatever, just
preach the word. I heard the
00:46:22.71\00:46:27.75
next day these rebels, former
rebels came to the army general
00:46:27.78\00:46:32.82
who had been assigned along with
his detail to help facilitate
00:46:32.85\00:46:36.62
all of this transition from
being former rebels to now being
00:46:36.66\00:46:40.93
productive citizens, and they
came to this general and they
00:46:40.96\00:46:45.80
said, you know what, when it
rains like that everything just
00:46:45.83\00:46:50.21
usually stops but they
kept preaching. This must be an
00:46:50.24\00:46:55.94
important message for us. (Oh
praise God) And Nancy she was
00:46:55.98\00:47:01.72
quite indignant also about this
former rebel situation. She said
00:47:01.75\00:47:07.59
they should not be called former
rebels. Paul was not called a
00:47:07.62\00:47:12.23
former murderer. You know in
2 Corinthians chapter 5 it says
00:47:12.26\00:47:18.53
In Christ, we are new creatures.
And so it goes on to say in that
00:47:18.57\00:47:24.54
passage that we are called to
the ministry of reconciliation
00:47:24.57\00:47:29.11
and so I told them, she was
really pushing me, and so the
00:47:29.14\00:47:33.92
next night I told them you are
not former rebels. You are now
00:47:33.95\00:47:39.19
new creatures in Jesus Christ.
You are fully reconciled people.
00:47:39.22\00:47:44.26
And they took that, they
got themselves together...
00:47:44.29\00:47:49.03
They clapped, yeah they clapped
they did, they were so thrilled
00:47:49.06\00:47:51.60
and you could see in their
faces they were new creatures.
00:47:51.63\00:47:55.80
So they got together and they
came up with the new term for FR
00:47:55.84\00:48:01.34
not former rebels but fully
reconciled (clapping) And then
00:48:01.38\00:48:09.32
on Sabbath, we had a baptism and
it was my privilege to baptize
00:48:09.35\00:48:15.29
the former rebel general and
Duane McKey, our president of
00:48:15.32\00:48:21.06
Adventist World Radio baptized
his wife. And then we had about
00:48:21.10\00:48:26.13
700 people baptized that day.
Wow! And when they were baptized
00:48:26.17\00:48:29.70
they then committed themselves
to winning another soul for the
00:48:29.74\00:48:35.74
Lord before the end of the
year. And what happened was just
00:48:35.78\00:48:41.65
because of COVID and everything
else just a few days ago they
00:48:41.68\00:48:46.52
had a baptism for all the people
that they had brought to the
00:48:46.55\00:48:50.79
Lord and Pastor McKey went over
and a number from AWR and one
00:48:50.83\00:48:56.16
person brought about 50 people.
00:48:56.20\00:48:57.93
Fifty, wow!
00:48:57.97\00:49:00.24
Prepared you know. So I just
want to tell you the Spirit of
00:49:00.27\00:49:04.31
God is alive and well all over
the world including you know
00:49:04.34\00:49:09.04
what you're doing here at 3ABN.
God is blessing enormously. Well
00:49:09.08\00:49:13.82
we could talk a lot more but
time is running out. But it's
00:49:13.85\00:49:16.62
just so exciting.
00:49:16.65\00:49:17.99
That's incredible. We can do
nothing against the gospel but
00:49:18.02\00:49:21.22
for it. So in spite of us the
gospel is going to go forward.
00:49:21.26\00:49:24.69
His word will not return void
so you were preaching to what
00:49:24.73\00:49:28.33
appeared to be white empty
chairs, those people were still
00:49:28.36\00:49:32.10
listening. What was
going through my mind, were you
00:49:32.13\00:49:36.07
covered where you were preaching
or were you in the rain?
00:49:36.10\00:49:39.14
I was covered but the rain
was kind of rather vertical...
00:49:39.17\00:49:44.71
We got wet but big deal.
00:49:44.75\00:49:48.92
Uh-huh, that's beautiful.
What an incredible story.
00:49:48.95\00:49:51.85
Yeah. No, we're thrilled.
00:49:51.89\00:49:54.36
That was a thrilling experience
and it's happening not only on
00:49:54.39\00:49:58.53
the island of Mindoro but other
places in that part of the world
00:49:58.56\00:50:04.57
We have witnessed that.
00:50:04.60\00:50:06.27
But through this pandemic we
have watched the church all over
00:50:06.30\00:50:09.57
the world use electronic means,
social media, all kinds of other
00:50:09.60\00:50:15.21
ways, cell phone evangelism, all
kinds of things and then also
00:50:15.24\00:50:19.65
people trying to, even though
they were socially distanced,
00:50:19.68\00:50:23.59
be part of a truly productive
practical application of
00:50:23.62\00:50:32.39
Christianity. And the church,
we had total baptisms went down
00:50:32.43\00:50:38.80
during 2020 but the Lord
is blessing in 2021, you know,
00:50:38.83\00:50:44.94
things are coming back. Now 2022
things are getting back. I think
00:50:44.97\00:50:50.35
people...and financially the
Lord has blessed us enormously
00:50:50.38\00:50:54.48
in 2021, coming out of a very
difficult year, the year before,
00:50:54.52\00:50:58.59
I think people are recognizing
we're coming to the very end of
00:50:58.62\00:51:03.19
time. We need to be serious
about our time, our talents, our
00:51:03.22\00:51:09.03
resources, everything.
Because Jesus is coming soon.
00:51:09.06\00:51:12.07
It's an amazing testimony and
story of what happened there in
00:51:12.10\00:51:17.74
the Philippines. I remember
Elder Duane McKey came here for
00:51:17.77\00:51:20.88
Thursday Night Live and talked
about that. But I believe you
00:51:20.91\00:51:23.68
had the opportunity to meet with
the Philippine president. Is
00:51:23.71\00:51:26.75
that not correct? Tell
us about that experience.
00:51:26.78\00:51:30.09
It was arranged for us to have
a courtesy visit of maybe five
00:51:30.12\00:51:35.26
minutes and so we were prepared
for that and went through all
00:51:35.29\00:51:39.29
kinds of tests and what have you
you know. You had to be COVID
00:51:39.33\00:51:45.13
protected you know from all this
business. Finally, we came and
00:51:45.17\00:51:49.80
we had quite a delegation to
visit the president and he came
00:51:49.84\00:51:56.44
in and sat down and then we
listened to him for a little bit
00:51:56.48\00:52:01.55
and he was sharing with us
and he really identifies quite
00:52:01.58\00:52:06.25
closely with Seventh-day
Adventists. He likes what
00:52:06.29\00:52:10.33
Adventists do. And I began to
talk with him a little bit and
00:52:10.36\00:52:15.43
then I asked as I usually
do when I meet dignitaries like
00:52:15.46\00:52:19.73
that; Can I read a little bit
from the Bible to just encourage
00:52:19.77\00:52:24.27
you? And yeah, yeah, go ahead.
And so I read to him and then I
00:52:24.31\00:52:29.04
began to explain the verse, the
verse, and the various aspects
00:52:29.08\00:52:33.68
of it. And he was listening
intently you know and everybody
00:52:33.72\00:52:37.29
was kind of I think amazed that
I'm giving him a Bible study.
00:52:37.32\00:52:41.12
And so we kept talking about
things and then I asked if I
00:52:41.16\00:52:45.59
could pray for him and for
the country. Yes, yes, go ahead.
00:52:45.63\00:52:49.20
You know we had prayer. But what
was supposed to be a five minute
00:52:49.23\00:52:54.30
courtesy call turned into a
37 minute opportunity to witness
00:52:54.34\00:53:01.98
to the president. And
so we praise God for that.
00:53:02.01\00:53:04.85
Wonderful, wonderful!
Was Ambassador Tejano there?
00:53:04.88\00:53:09.15
He was very much involved.
He was helping to facilitate so
00:53:09.18\00:53:13.32
much. Praise God for his
beautiful ability to take
00:53:13.36\00:53:18.33
care...We wouldn't even have
gone to the Philippines or been
00:53:18.36\00:53:21.60
able to get in had it not
been for Ambassador Tejano.
00:53:21.63\00:53:25.33
Absolutely. He's a great support
for 3ABN too and he helped me to
00:53:25.37\00:53:31.07
meet President Gloria when she
was there. We had an audience
00:53:31.11\00:53:36.48
there with him. The work that he
00:53:36.51\00:53:38.48
does, and I thought this was
00:53:38.51\00:53:40.32
amazing. She asked us for
00:53:40.35\00:53:43.25
breakfast. So we'd flown all
these hours and didn't look good
00:53:43.28\00:53:48.06
but they said no she's waiting
and she came out in a jog suit
00:53:48.09\00:53:51.33
and her hair was wet and she
said, I'm sorry, I didn't have
00:53:51.36\00:53:54.66
time to clean up. So we sat down
and I was sitting right next to
00:53:54.70\00:53:58.40
her and the ambassador was here
and her husband and I said how
00:53:58.43\00:54:01.04
many of these are a different
party. Why did you choose, may I
00:54:01.07\00:54:06.74
ask why you have Ambassador
Tejano because he worked for the
00:54:06.78\00:54:11.98
other, and she said the reason
we keep...And I said he's been
00:54:12.01\00:54:15.38
here for so many years through
so many presidents. She said
00:54:15.42\00:54:18.65
this: The reason that each of us
no matter which political party
00:54:18.69\00:54:22.52
that we choose Ambassador Tejano
is we know that he is true to
00:54:22.56\00:54:27.80
his God. And if he's true to his
God, he'll be honest with us.
00:54:27.83\00:54:32.50
He'll be true to us and
so therefore president after
00:54:32.53\00:54:36.57
the president doesn't make
any difference, they respect him
00:54:36.60\00:54:40.38
greatly and so what a blessing.
And I just was imagining
00:54:40.41\00:54:44.61
and assuming that he was...
00:54:44.65\00:54:45.98
Very much a part of it. In
fact, he'll be at the General
00:54:46.01\00:54:50.32
Conference session in St. Louis
June 6-11, so you know you can
00:54:50.35\00:54:55.32
see him there and chat with
him and he was a real blessing.
00:54:55.36\00:55:00.46
Yeah, yeah, we just sent how
many books to the Philippines
00:55:00.50\00:55:04.17
through him.
00:55:04.20\00:55:05.53
Six hundred thousand to the
Philippines and I think 300,000
00:55:05.57\00:55:08.17
to Papua New Guinea.
00:55:08.20\00:55:09.57
That is marvelous. Focus on
truth. Wonderful. Absolutely.
00:55:09.60\00:55:13.04
Incredible times we're living
in Dr. Yvonne look at you over
00:55:13.07\00:55:18.01
there and it's amazing, isn't
it? To hear these stories what
00:55:18.05\00:55:21.22
God is doing even in the midst
of COVID His truth, His work is
00:55:21.25\00:55:24.15
still going forward.
00:55:24.19\00:55:25.52
As I hear the stories you know
I get so excited because you
00:55:25.55\00:55:27.96
just see God at work. You see
00:55:27.99\00:55:30.13
what He's doing in spite of
00:55:30.16\00:55:32.16
everything that's going on and
what the devil means to suppress
00:55:32.19\00:55:36.97
God just opens up doors and like
you know like He just reminds us
00:55:37.00\00:55:42.10
that He is God and that nothing
can thwart His agenda. So I get
00:55:42.14\00:55:46.81
excited. That's a beautiful
story. That's a beautiful story.
00:55:46.84\00:55:51.81
Praise God. Amen.
00:55:51.85\00:55:53.28
It was really a thrilling
experience for us to witness
00:55:53.31\00:55:58.15
what God is doing. It was
the closest thing I think to
00:55:58.19\00:56:01.79
Pentecost that I can imagine
when you saw these people and
00:56:01.82\00:56:06.49
now with their enemies just
embrace each other and their
00:56:06.53\00:56:13.60
friends and, yeah it...
00:56:13.64\00:56:15.27
So the Spirit, you said you know
the scripture read have not the
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the spirit of fear, well the
gentleman and I forgot his name
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that went to visit, he had
to fight that himself. I mean
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you're invited to go meet all
these rebels, now you have to
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overcome that and say no God's
given me a spirit of peace, a
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spirit of joy and so I'm sure
that was very...Is this a set up
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is this...it had been to your
mind but look at the results.
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Pastor Dulai. In fact, after
all this activity basically
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took place
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there were about 11 or 12
rebels still in the mountains
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holding out. And when they
saw what happened they contacted
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them and said
there must be something
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to this. Please come and talk to
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us. So he was really fearful
at that time and the army was
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afraid for his life as well,
but he went up there and he
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explained things to them and
now they are turning over their
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weapons. It's a miracle.
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Praise the Lord, it is a miracle
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What an amazing story. This
first hour has gone by in such a
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hurry but we have a full
second hour coming up with
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miracle stories
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of what God is doing in
and through this great church
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evangelism. God has not given
us a spirit of fear. I want to
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encourage you, you do not have
to be afraid. Step out by faith
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with Jesus. We'll be right back.
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